Introduction

The Carbon Ranch Project began in November, 2010, with the Quivira
Coalition's 9th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was titled
The Carbon Ranch: Using Food and Stewardship to Build Soil and Fight
Climate Change. It was inspired by recent research on the role grasslands
can play in sequestering CO2 in soils. The conference drew nearly
500 people from across the West. A prominent feature was the map that we
produced for the event, which became the basis for the Carbon Ranch
Project.

As part of the conference, Courtney White wrote an essay on the Carbon Ranch
which was published in Quivira's Journal in December, 2010. A
shortened version was published in Rangelandsmagazine in
April, 2011.